''Hollywood on Parade'' (1932–1934) is a series of

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s released by

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Production background

One short (# B-9) is frequently misidentified as future Stooge

Curly Howard Jerome Lester Horwitz (; October 22, 1903 – January 18, 1952), known professionally as Curly Howard, was an American actor and comedian. He was best known as a member of the American comedy team the Three Stooges, which also featured his elder ...

's first appearance on film, as cited by historians (he replaces Shemp). This is because it was mistaken for a 1932 short when

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acquired the shorts for television distribution in the early 1950s, and slapped a generic title card on all films in this series with a 1932 copyright notice. In fact, # B-9 was a 1934 Paramount release, and most likely filmed during a loan-out period for Howard from

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, around the same time

Ted Healy Ted Healy (born Charles Ernest Lee Nash; October 1, 1896 – December 21, 1937) was an American vaudeville performer, comedian, and actor. Though he is chiefly remembered as the creator of The Three Stooges and the style of slapstick comedy th ...

and the

Three Stooges The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy team active from 1922 until 1970, best remembered for their 190 short subject films by Columbia Pictures. Their hallmark styles were physical farce and slapstick. Six Stooges appeared ...

costarred in '' Myrt and Marge'' (1933) for

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. # A-8 is one of only two movies to portray a live-action Betty Boop. The other is a Paramount short film '' Musical Justice'' (1931), in which

Mae Questel Mae Questel (born Mae Kwestel, September 13, 1908 – January 4, 1998) was an American actress. She was best known for providing the voices for the animated characters Betty Boop (from 1931) and Olive Oyl (from 1933). She began in vaudeville, ...

portrays Betty Boop.

Cast

* Ben Alexander * Gracie Allen * Adrienne Ames * Richard Arlen * Roscoe Ates *

Baby Peggy Diana Serra Cary (born Peggy-Jean Montgomery; October 29, 1918 – February 24, 2020), known as Baby Peggy, was an American child film actress, vaudevillian, author and silent film historian. She was the last living person with a substantial car ...

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* Tallulah Bankhead * Richard Barthelmess * Warner Baxter * Rex Bell *

Constance Bennett Constance Campbell Bennett (October 22, 1904 – July 24, 1965) was an American stage, film, radio, and television actress and producer. She was a major Hollywood star during the 1920s and 1930s; during the early 1930s, she was the highest-paid ...

Joan Bennett Joan Geraldine Bennett (February 27, 1910 – December 7, 1990) was an American stage, film, and television actress. She came from a show-business family, one of three acting sisters. Beginning her career on the stage, Bennett appeared in more t ...

* Sally Blane * Joan Blondell * Mary Boland *

Bonnie Bonnell Bonnie Bonnell (August 1, 1905 – March 14, 1964) was an actress who played "straight woman" in seven early short comedies, most of which featured the Three Stooges when they worked with Ted Healy, between 1933 and 1934. Career According to St ...

Eddie Borden Edgar Mason Borden (May 1, 1888 – June 30, 1955) was an American film actor who started his career in vaudeville as an acrobat and then successfully turned to comedy. Throughout the 1920s, he toured in the Keith, Orpheum and Pantages vaudev ...

* El Brendel *

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* Clive Brook *

Joe E. Brown Joseph Evans Brown (July 28, 1891 – July 6, 1973) was an American actor and comedian, remembered for his friendly screen persona, comic timing, and enormous elastic-mouth smile. He was one of the most popular American comedians in the 19 ...

* Brox Sisters * George Burns *

Bruce Cabot Bruce Cabot (born Étienne de Pelissier Bujac Jr.; April 20, 1904 – May 3, 1972) was an American film actor, best remembered as Jack Driscoll in ''King Kong'' (1933) and for his roles in films such as ''The Last of the Mohicans'' (1936), Fri ...

* Leo Carrillo *

Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is consider ...

Ruth Chatterton Ruth Chatterton (December 24, 1892 – November 24, 1961) was an American stage, film, and television actress, aviator and novelist. She was at her most popular in the early to mid-1930s, and in the same era gained prominence as an aviator, ...

* Virginia Cherrill *

Maurice Chevalier Maurice Auguste Chevalier (; 12 September 1888 – 1 January 1972) was a French singer, actor and entertainer. He is perhaps best known for his signature songs, including " Livin' In The Sunlight", " Valentine", "Louise", " Mimi", and "Thank Hea ...

* Lew Cody * Claudette Colbert * William Collier Jr. *

Ronald Colman Ronald Charles Colman (9 February 1891 – 19 May 1958) was an English-born actor, starting his career in theatre and silent film in his native country, then immigrating to the United States and having a successful Hollywood film career. He wa ...

* Russ Columbo *

Gary Cooper Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901May 13, 1961) was an American actor known for his strong, quiet screen persona and understated acting style. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice and had a further three nominations, a ...

Jackie Cooper John Cooper Jr. (September 15, 1922 – May 3, 2011) was an American actor, television director, producer, and executive, known universally as Jackie Cooper. He was a child actor who made the transition to an adult career. Cooper was the first ...

* Buster Crabbe *

Richard Cromwell Richard Cromwell (4 October 162612 July 1712) was an English statesman who was the second and last Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland and son of the first Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell. On his father's death ...

Bing Crosby Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, musician and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. He was a ...

* Constance Cummings * Viola Dana * Bebe Daniels * Mickey Daniels * Frankie Darro * Frances Dee * Claudia Dell *

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* Jack Dempsey *

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Marlene Dietrich Marie Magdalene "Marlene" DietrichBorn as Maria Magdalena, not Marie Magdalene, according to Dietrich's biography by her daughter, Maria Riva ; however Dietrich's biography by Charlotte Chandler cites "Marie Magdalene" as her birth name . (, ; ...

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* Fifi D'Orsay * Billie Dove * Louise Dresser *

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* Cliff Edwards *

Stuart Erwin Stuart Erwin (February 14, 1903 – December 21, 1967) was an American actor of stage, film, and television. Early years Erwin was born in Squaw Valley, Fresno County, California. He attended Porterville High School and the University of ...

Ruth Etting Ruth Etting (November 23, 1896 – September 24, 1978) was an American singer and actress of the 1920s and 1930s, who had over 60 hit recordings and worked in stage, radio, and film. Known as "America's sweetheart of song", her signature tunes ...

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr., (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000) was an American actor, producer and decorated naval officer of World War II. He is best known for starring in such films as ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1937), ''Gunga Din'' (1939) a ...

* Larry Fine * Norman Foster *

Clark Gable William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901November 16, 1960) was an American film actor, often referred to as "The King of Hollywood". He had roles in more than 60 motion pictures in multiple genres during a career that lasted 37 years, three decades ...

* Richard Gallagher * Paulette Goddard *

Mack Gordon Mack Gordon (born Morris Gittler; June 21, 1904 – February 28, 1959) was an American composer and lyricist for the stage and film. He was nominated for the best original song Oscar nine times in 11 years, including five consecutive years betwee ...

* Jetta Goudal *

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Sid Grauman Sidney Patrick Grauman (March 17, 1879 – March 5, 1950) was an American showman who created two of Hollywood's most recognizable and visited landmarks, the Chinese Theatre and the Egyptian Theatre. Biography Early years Grauman was the so ...

* Mitzi Green *

Lloyd Hamilton Lloyd Vernon Hamilton (August 19, 1891 – January 19, 1935) was an American film comedian, best remembered for his work in the silent era. Career Having begun his career as an extra in theatre-productions, Hamilton first appeared on film in ...

* Jean Harlow * Raymond Hatton *

* Jack Holt * Miriam Hopkins *

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* Moe Howard *

* Walter Huston *

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Arline Judge Margaret Arline Judge (February 21, 1912 – February 7, 1974) was an American actress singer who worked mostly in low-budget B movies, but gained some fame for habitually marrying. Early years Arline Judge was born in Bridgeport, Connecti ...

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* Helen Kane *

Buster Keaton Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is best known for his silent film work, in which his trademark was physical comedy accompanied by a stoic, deadpan expression ...

Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly Aloysius Anthony Kelly, popularly known as Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly (May 11, 1893 ome accounts say 1885ref name="Toledo"> – October 11, 1952), was a pole sitter who achieved fame in the 1920s and 1930s, sitting for days at a time on elevated p ...

* Harry Langdon *

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* Harold Lloyd *

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* Bessie Love * Edmund Lowe * Béla Lugosi * Ben Lyon * Jeanette MacDonald * Fredric March *

Ken Maynard Kenneth Olin Maynard (July 21, 1895 – March 23, 1973) was an American actor and producer. He was mostly active from the 1920s to the 1940s and considered one of the biggest Western stars in Hollywood. Maynard was also an occasional screenwrit ...

* The Marx Brothers * Tim McCoy * Adolphe Menjou * Tom Mix * Robert Montgomery * Polly Moran * Clarence Muse * Jack Oakie * Ole Olsen *

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Mary Pickford Gladys Marie Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian-American stage and screen actress and producer with a career that spanned five decades. A pioneer in the US film industry, she co-founde ...

Bonnie Poe Bonnie Poe (October 15, 1912 – October 16, 1993) was an American actress and voice artist, best known for providing the voice for the Fleischer Studios animated character Betty Boop beginning in 1933, starting with the Popeye the Sailor seri ...

* William Powell *

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* Gene Raymond * Harry Revel * Ginger Rogers * Benny Rubin *

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* Anita Stewart * Gloria Swanson * Lilyan Tashman * Estelle Taylor * Jimmy Thomson *

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* Rudy Vallée *

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* Johnny Weissmuller * Mae West * Bert Wheeler *

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* Warren William * Lois Wilson *

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* Robert Woolsey * Fay Wray * Ed Wynn *

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List of shorts

''NOTE: This list is probably incomplete.''
In this section Webb's encyclopedia refers to *''Hollywood on Parade # A-1'' (released August 26, 1932) *''Hollywood on Parade # A-2'' (released September 23, 1932 (or September 22, 1932)) *''Hollywood on Parade # A-3'' (released October 21, 1932 (or October 25, 1932)) *: There are two kinds of print labelled A-3. ** Paramount Publix Corporation title with circled A and circled 3. (). Benny Rubin acts the part of a judge. Also with Fifi D'Orsay,

etc. ** Criterion Pictures Corporation title with A-3. ().

roams around the studio back-lot, opening various doors to see which stars pop out, including

, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey etc. This one match the description on Webb's encyclopedia. *''Hollywood on Parade # A-4'' (released November 18, 1932 (or November 25, 1932)) *''Hollywood on Parade # A-5'' (released December 16, 1932 (or December 15, 1932)) *''Hollywood on Parade # A-6'' (released January 13, 1933 (or January 12, 1933)) *: There are 2 kinds of available print labelled A-6, one is with Paramount logo and 2 marks circled A (Ⓐ) and circled 6 (➅), other is Criterion Pictures reissue one, the bottom of the title of which, A-6 is shown. ** Paramount Publix Corporation print A 6 () begins with the scene of Richard Arlen who plays magician The Great Arlen and introduce many actors including Talullah Bankhead where she sings It Had To Be That Way. ** Criterion Pictures Corporation print A-6 () begins with

introduces flagpole sitter

, who hoists some girls aloft with him and shows them sights around Hollywood. Various stars appear in staged scenes of El Brendel,

, Harry Langdon etc. *: In Webb's encyclopedia, this title is described as "Movie celebrities at play" and more than 40 celebrities name are listed included

Cecil B. Demille Cecil Blount DeMille (; August 12, 1881January 21, 1959) was an American film director, producer and actor. Between 1914 and 1958, he made 70 features, both silent and sound films. He is acknowledged as a founding father of the American cinem ...

, Gloria Swanson, Loretta Young etc. ( Betty Alexander is also listed among them, however she was too young, so it could be a mistake of Ben Alexander.)
This does not match the contents neighter of 2 prints mentioned above, so this might be the 3rd version. *''Hollywood on Parade # A-7'' (released February 13, 1933) *: There is a Criterion Pictures Corporation print labelled A-5. This matches the description of A-7 in Webb's encyclopedia - Host Mickey Daniels presents archive footage of

. *'' Hollywood on Parade # A-8'' (released March 10, 1933 (or March 9, 1933)) *''Hollywood on Parade # A-9'' (released April 7, 1933 (or April 6, 1933)) *''Hollywood on Parade # A-10'' (released May 5, 1933) *''Hollywood on Parade # A-11'' (released June 2, 1933) *''Hollywood on Parade # A-12'' (released June 30, 1933) *''Hollywood on Parade # A-13'' (copyrighted, 28 July, 1933Webb, Graham. ''Encyclopedia of American Short Films, 1926-1959''. McFarland, 2020. ) *''Hollywood on Parade # B-1'' (released August 18, 1933) *''Hollywood on Parade # B-2'' (released September 8, 1933) *''Hollywood on Parade # B-3'' (released October 13, 1933) *''Hollywood on Parade # B-4'' (released November 10, 1933) *''Hollywood on Parade # B-5'' (released December 8, 1933) *''Hollywood on Parade # B-6'' (released January 5, 1934) *''Hollywood on Parade # B-7'' (released February 2, 1934) *''Hollywood on Parade # B-8'' (released March 2, 1934) *''Hollywood on Parade # B-9'' (released March 30, 1934) *''Hollywood on Parade # B-10'' (released 1934) *''Hollywood on Parade # B-11'' (released 1934) *''Hollywood on Parade # B-12'' (released 1934) *''Hollywood on Parade # B-13'' (released July 20, 1934) Also, there are other titles listed without number. *''Hollywood on Parade'' (released June 5, 1932) *''Hollywood on Parade'' (released 1934) *:Hollywood screenwriter,

Jimmy Starr Jimmy Starr (3 February 1904 – August 13, 1990) was an American screenwriter and columnist. Starr worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood during the 1930s. From the 1940s he worked as a film writer and columnist, providing reviews and insi ...

interviews Charlotte V. Henry about her career.
(This might be a duplicate of some of the title released in 1934 which have little info. Note that B-10 to B-12 are not listed in this catalog.)

Notes

:1.The Billboard Magazine article on 1953-03-14 suggests this is probably B-3. (However the title is wrongly described as Stars on Parade.)

References

External links

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